This clinical study is designed to assesses the benefit of adding pulsed shortwave therapy to the postoperative pain and recovery protocol following Cesarean section. Pulsed shortwave therapy is a safe adjunct pain therapy for acute and chronic pain.
Pain is ranked highest among undesirable clinical outcomes associated with caesarean section therefore postoperative pain relief following a cesarean section is extremely important to optimize maternal and neonate well being. Multimodial analgesics are effective in reducing postoperative pain but analgesia is still not optimized. Opiate based analgesics are effective but having troubling side effects. Addition of non-drug pain therapies hold promise in improving postoperative recovery while potentially allowing for reduced use of drug based analgesics.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
250
A pulsed shortwave therapy medical device
A sham pulsed shortwave therapy medical device
Haykal hospital
Tripoli, Lebanon
RECRUITINGNew Mazloum Hospital
Tripoli, Lebanon
RECRUITINGMedication Use
Quantify the use of analgesic medications during 7 days of postoperative recovery.
Time frame: Data collected daily for 7 Days
Change in Visual Analogue Pain
The visual analog scale (VAS) has been used extensively for rating pain intensity in previous studies. Postoperative pain will be measured daily over a 7 day recovery period
Time frame: Data collected for 7 Days
Time to patient Patient Mobility
The benefits of mobility outlined in current nursing textbooks indicate that "Early ambulation is the most significant general nursing measure to prevent postoperative complications". There the time in hours after the c-section operation when the patient becomes mobile(walking) will be used recorded.
Time frame: 2 Days
Would Closure at Day 7, Wound Complications
presence of edema, erythema,hematoma, and exudate from the surgical wound on the seventh postoperative day that could impair woundhealing process
Time frame: 7 Days
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